The Assembly systems under Industry 4.0 paradigm. SWOT analysis
Keywords:
Industry 4.0, Assembly 4.0, SWOT analysisAbstract
The tendency of the manufacturing is currently moving from mass to customized production. With the rapid success of the digitalization in last decades, manufacturing is expected to be approaching the fourth industrial revolution, coined as Industry 4.0 (I4.0). This paradigm is boosted by technologies such as Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Robotics, Big Data, and Augmented Reality, that will influence both products and processes, allowing efficiency and productivity improvements. There is much confidence that the future assembly systems will have unprecedented capabilities to satisfy complex customer demands under I4.0 era. Nevertheless, there is still doubts among academics and industry alike that how I4.0 offerings will be affected on assembly systems. Therefore, this paper presents a literature review identifying reoccurring themes and trends of assembly systems under I4.0 and their expected effect on future assembly systems. Central characteristics of focus are strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are identified and discussed. The findings of this paper can provide support in developing smart assembly systems endeavors for theory and practice. Moreover, industrial practitioners can use the strengths/opportunities offered by Assembly 4.0 to take strategic decisions to decrease the effect of the threats/weaknesses that come along with Assembly 4.0.
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